Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking to the media after a meeting about the measures against the coronavirus at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo on Monday (April 6). Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures on Tuesday to try to stop the outbreak. - Reuters
TOKYO: Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday (April 7) to try to stop the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, the prime minister said, with the government preparing a US$990bil stimulus package to soften the economic blow.
More than 3,500 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Japan and 85 have died - not a huge outbreak compared with some hot spots. But the numbers keep rising with particular alarm over the spread in Tokyo, which has more than 1,000 cases, including 83 new ones on Monday.
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